You can’t learn anything from the Akin debacle, really. A certain amount of politicians will shoot themselves in the foot, or head in Akin’s case, no matter their ideology. Did we learn never to run establishment candidates from Mitt’s botched 47% logic, or put establishment Pubs in power positions after Trent Lott’s Strom Thurmond comment?
I agree with you, a certain number of politicians will shoot themselves in the foot, but we need to remember that when a conservative does it, the MSM will be all over the mistake 24/7. If a progressive makes that kind of mistake, he or she apologizes and we move on.
All I am saying and have said it before: conservatives need to be more careful about what they say in public.
There’s plenty to learn from the Akin debacle, which was about a lot more than just that one comment, though that one was beyond stupid.